Contents of Bento: black bean and cheese taquito, split into two pieces, clementine. Black beans with salsa, carrot sticks, pomegranate seeds, 1/2 a prune (for purple color). Carrot flower decorations. Steamed broccoli with PIG radish, his eyes are a little askew in this picture, see below for a more glamorous shot. Side cars have salsa with a little yogurt and multigrain corn chips. The Bear of Salt is eying the pig. Good thing pandas only eat bamboo.I didn't end up eating the side cars, because there was food at work from a breakfast party.
So, my little pig. Have a look at a closer shot:
awwww, look at 'im. He looks so mad. :D his snout is a slice of carrot, he is a radish (obvs.), and his nostrils and eyes are sesame seeds. The snout is held on by a little piece of an orange toothpick. Since I'm not making bentos for tiny children, I can put dangerous-choking hazards in them. He started out as a mouse, with big round ears, but then quickly turned into a pig once I realized I didn't have a good way to make his face look mouse-like. I trimmed the ears to be pointy-piggy ears. They're big and floppy, like some pigs are. Woo! First Char-ben attempt.
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Super cute piggy! I loooove it! Very festive, plus I could totally tell it was a pig. I'm always amazed that you have tinyportions of so many foods to make such a complex bento. Plus I would never have the foresight to pick up little foods to put in a box, but only 2 or 3 at a time.
ReplyDeleteThanks :D I was pretty pleased with him myself. Mostly I try to put so many different things in my box because I'm trying to get as many different colors in there as possible. Though I do pick up frozen appetizer things from Trader Joe's for bentos, the taquitos in this case were leftover from a party. In our household of 4, leftovers in general tend to sit around in dribs and drabs...it makes it easy to pack little bits for lunch.
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